Category Archives: Local Sports

SHERIDAN — The Wyoming Coaches Association announced the 2014 All-State selections for high school football Saturday, and once again the list was filled with Sheridan County athletes. Big Horn’s Kerry Powers and Christian Mayer and Sheridan’s Joe Shassetz led the charge for Sheridan County. Powers, Mayer and Shassetz were all named to the WyoVarsity Super… Continue Reading

SHERIDAN — Big Horn High School head football coach Michael McGuire and Sheridan High School head football coach Don Julian were each named Coach of the Year in their respective conferences, and a handful of their players joined them on the All-Conference teams. After leading Big Horn to an undefeated regular season and regional championship,… Continue Reading

SHERIDAN — When the Sheridan College Generals get quick transitions off defensive stops, they are a tough team to go against. That is what head coach Matt Hammer said after the team took down yet another all-star team Friday afternoon in Casper. After defeating the Wyoming All-Stars Tuesday at home 110-69, Friday’s game against Planet… Continue Reading

SHERIDAN — Sarah Rawlings was four assists away from a triple-double and the Sheridan College Lady Generals were eight points away from scoring 100 as they rolled to an easy 92-47 victory over Little Big Horn College Friday night at the Bruce Hoffman Golden Dome. It was a big opening night for the Lady Generals… Continue Reading

SHERIDAN — The high school football season is over, but the post-season awards have just started rolling in. Three Sheridan County football players were recognized on the WyoVarsity Super 25. The Super 25 is a list compiled by the Casper Star-Tribune sports staff based on statistics, staff observations and input from coaches and media. This… Continue Reading

SHERIDAN — They only had seven guys, all beyond their college-playing years, but the Wyoming All-Stars put the pressure on the Sheridan Generals for 20 minutes last night. Coach Matt Hammer said as hard as it is to get a lot of out games like last night’s, against prep schools or all-star teams, he gave… Continue Reading

How far off the court is a coach required to step in his responsibilities as the head of the program? It’s nothing new, but athletes getting into trouble off the court have been in the headlines numerous times as of late. In the months between Ray Rice taking the express elevator to the unemployment line… Continue Reading

LARAMIE — It was a cold winter day at War Memorial Stadium as the Big Horn Rams fell short in their attempt at a repeat state championship Saturday. With a high of 10 degrees at kickoff and wind blowing snow sideways across the field, volunteers attempted to shovel the white powder off the turf throughout… Continue Reading

SHERIDAN — The Sheridan College Lady Generals basketball team upset the No. 6-ranked Salt Lake Community College on Friday night at the College of Southern Idaho tournament in Twin Falls. Lady Generals coach Frank McCarthy said Zuzana Talackova of the Czech Republic got the ball with four seconds to go. The Lady Generals were down… Continue Reading

SHERIDAN — The Sheridan College Generals basketball team dominated on their home court Friday night, defeating Presentation JV 109-40 in the Best Western Classic. Coach Matt Hammer said his freshmen got a lot of playing time and the win was a total team effort. “Our guards did a good job forcing turnovers,” Hammer said, adding that… Continue Reading

SHERIDAN — Marc Gilkerson was one happy rodeo coach on Friday. Sheridan College’s head rodeo coach watched as the SC women’s and men’s rodeo teams practiced for the first time inside the college’s AgriPark, escaping the cold air. “I’m excited. It’s kind of hard to believe it’s here,” said Gilkerson, in his seventh year helming… Continue Reading

SHERIDAN — Current Sheridan College women’s basketball player and All-American candidate Sierra Toms will be moving on to the NCAA level for the 2015-2016 season. Toms, a 6-foot-1 forward from Gillette, has signed a letter of intent to play her remaining two seasons of collegiate basketball for head coach Mark Nore at Black Hills State… Continue Reading

BIG HORN — It’s a familiar setting: the Big Horn Rams against the Mountain View Buffaloes at War Memorial Stadium. It’s a 2A State Championship rematch of a game that heavily favored the Rams a year ago. Last year’s State Championship opened with a 10-minute Mountain View drive that resulted in six points. The Buffaloes… Continue Reading

SHERIDAN — The Arvada-Clearmont, Big Horn, Tongue River and Sheridan High School volleyball teams added to their season success today. Eleven Sheridan County student-athletes were named to the All-Conference teams, and three of them were also awarded All-State honors. Hannah Rockafellow and Kaylee Stidham received Northeast All-Conference recognition for their preformances with the Arvada-Clearmont volleyball… Continue Reading

SHERIDAN — The Sheridan Recreation Turkey Hoop Shoot will be held Monday at Sheridan Junior High School. The basketball competition is for anyone ages 8-10 and 11-13. Teams will be made up of mother-son or father-daughter combinations, but exceptions can be made. The event begins at 7 p.m., and registrations are made at the event.… Continue Reading

Mike Pruden is the Sheridan Press sports editor. Jason Gay, sports columnist for the Wall Street Journal, wrote an interesting — and funny, as most of his columns are — piece about Americans watching too much football, and it got me thinking. Why do we love sports so much? There probably isn’t a definitive reason… Continue Reading

SHERIDAN — After 11 exciting weeks of high school football, the season will be culminating this weekend with five state championship games, beginning with the six-man championship Friday at noon. The 3A championship will follow at 3 p.m., and the 2A, 1A and 4A championships will be played Saturday at 10 a.m., 1 p.m. and… Continue Reading

BIG HORN — Maybe it’s the lack of superstars that call the state home, maybe it’s because it’s the least populated state in the United States. Whatever it is, Wyoming isn’t typically known to be a hotbed of athletic talent. Sure, Greybull native Brett Keisel and his beard are terrorizing NFL offenses with the Pittsburgh… Continue Reading

SHERIDAN — The Sheridan College Generals continued their high-scoring output at the Snow Tournament in Utah over the weekend, but they weren’t able to keep Snow College from doing the same in a 96-89 loss. After scoring at least 89 points in each of their first three wins to open the season, including 117 in… Continue Reading

SHERIDAN — It was the third straight season where the Big Horn Rams volleyball team fell just short in the state championship, but head coach Leigh McLaughlin doesn’t want the final match to signify what kind of success her team had this season. “I’m just heartbroken for these girls,” McLaughlin said. “It’s definitely tough losing… Continue Reading

SHERIDAN — Both the Sheridan High School and Big Horn High School girls volleyball teams ended their seasons with a loss in the state tournament over the weekend. The SHS Lady Broncs began the tournament Thursday with a win over Green River, but on Friday fell to Cheyenne East, the team that ended up winning… Continue Reading

SHERIDAN — Lady Generals’ assistant coach Ryan Davis was pleased with the way his team played over the weekend, despite coming home with the team’s first loss of the season. Sheridan College traveled to Colorado Springs, Colorado, for three games and left with two wins and a loss. The Lady Generals opened up their weekend… Continue Reading

SHERIDAN — Sheridan College’s Jill Espeland was named North Region IX Libero of the Year this weekend as the Lady Generals finished their season at the regional tournament. Despite losses to Central Wyoming College and Casper College at the regional tournament, the Lady Generals finished the season 20-13, their second straight 20-win season. Sheridan finished… Continue Reading

SHERIDAN — It was déjà vu for the Sheridan Broncs Saturday as they traveled to Natrona for their second matchup of the year, this time in the semifinals of the 4A playoffs. In the regular season battle between the Broncs and the Mustangs, a Sheridan interception on the opening drive gave Natrona good field position… Continue Reading

BIG HORN — One minute and 20 seconds. That’s how long the Wheatland Bulldogs had the lead before the Big Horn Rams scored what would be the winning touchdown Saturday afternoon in what was their closest contest of the season. With that score, the Rams are headed back to Laramie for a chance to repeat… Continue Reading